CSA should be axed
The csa is a complete joke. My partner has just found out he has a son of 9 yrs. It took a long year of a court case to get his ex ordered to take a dna test. Now we know that the boy is his, she wants us to leave her alone, wont attend court for access, but still wants her hands on my partner’s money.
CSA are ruthless, they have just sent a lovely letter asking for back payment from when the child was born. He has currently no work due to the recession and we’re struggling to make ends meet. I really do feel for all the guys out there as i know most girls stitch men up on purpose, dont tell them they have a child till its to late, then go for broke. Where is the justice in that?
CSA should get axed once and for all. Bunch of sh**s.
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You have hit the nail on the head exactly Kate.
It would be nice to see but I dont think it will happen.
Keep fighting them. That is all I can say.
Good luck
Graeme
they cant back date unless she made a claim when he was born , they can only back date to the day a csa claim was made , i know how you feel , i have 3 kids with my husband and they dont care that we have a family to provide for , and we are also going thro a dna battle , they really dont give 2 shits csa should be axed 100% there should be another way of things being sorted , if my husband an i split id never go to them ever, ,
As far as I am aware having a child whether it be within marriage or outside marriage or as a result of a one night stand, the responsibility for that child lies with it’s parents. However, the child in some circumstances appears to become a ‘commodity’. The parent with care decides to claim ownership of the child and thus ensues issues of what i can only call blackmail, intimidation and harassment!
As the non resident parent starts to get hit with demands and control freakery not only from the PWC but interferring politicians and incompetent civil servants!
It begs the question ” what has it go to do with politicians or civil servants”?
In the new age of politics where Cameron and Clegg want us to face up to our responsibilities and be accountable for our actions, they continue to use draconian methods of extracting every last penny they can out of parents. To fill the governments coiffeurs to give out as free money to whom they see fit!
I think that I have read that if you take into account of what you pay in taxes and N.I. contributions and add child support payments on to this, it adds up to roughly 60% of non resident parent income being swallowed up by government, who then deem it fit to give this money away ‘willy nilly’ to all unsundry, who have never paid one penny into the system. Good clean poltiics by our elected representatives isn’t it!!
I urge all on here to write directly to the Lord Chief Justice and raise the following point. How can it fair and just in law that the CSA/CMEC have failed to collect £4 billion pounds in maintenance and yet they repeatedly target those who pay? Answer = it is not fair and just, it is discriminatory. A benchmark for an interesting test case. I believe.
It is for parents to make provision for THEIR children. NOT a flawed agency and NOT a politician!………and the ethos of treating a child as some sort of commodity for financial gain has no place whatsoever in our society!
My children have lost their inheritance. They can thank politicians and civil servants for their interference in what should be a private matter between me and my children!
I will not ever vote again. I will not ever, give to any charities again. I have had all my decent public spiritdness knocked out of me by incompetent, interfering busy bodies!…..they are reaping what they have sewn!
You need to find out when they first got hold of him. That is when he communicated with THEM. That's the effective date. Everything is taken from that date.
That isn't correct. You need to know when they sent an MEF to a confident address. You DON'T need to acknowledge it in order for your liability to commence.
he should not have to pay since he was born that is illegal, he should have to pay from when he found out!!
A CSA case can start not long after birth when Child Benefit is from. If they wrote to him as per my last post then the liability commences from that point irrespective of whether he has been in contact with them or not.
Ask for his files – they have to give them to him under the data protection act. Find out when they first contacted him and at what address. If he can prove that he wasn't living there, they can't enforce it.
hi kate they can not backdate maintenance from when the child was born they can only backdate it to their first letter of contact with the nrp
Furthermore. It is in the public interest that this discrimination is ‘tested’ in the courts. It cannot be fair and just that £4 billion is uncollected and those paying are repeatedly targeted!
Go to your MP, they are there to help and have powers to do so.
Everyone, and I mean everyone should be going to their MP to get the CSA closed down. It doesn't help the children – it deprives them of their father's money; it doesn't help the mothers – they never receive anything; and it doesn't help the fathers – they are deprived of their salary and their children! We must ALL fight to get it closed down now!!!
MP's there to help – – hahahahahah dont make me laugh… the only people who will help you is YOU. do your bit to bring this shambles down DEMAND copies of everything, challenge everything, drag every single peice of correspondence out… make them work for their money – make it COST them for dealing with you – if we all did that it would be ano brainer – it would be shut.
Totally agree with you, if you cost them as much money as you can, the sooner they will look to shut it down!!! They have no financial incentive going forward as people on benefits get to keep everything!!!
Id just like to say that the csa are ass holes, there is 2 systems running, a guy i know is on the old system and is assessed on what bills he has to pay out, and me im on a new system that has 20% of my wage taken reguardless of what bills i have, i left a violent partner and had no where to go so left the kids with there dad where they were settled he refuses me access even after courts. all the csa say is when you ask how are you supposed to live is thats not our problem…. it is about time it was axed. he earns good money also gets child benifit, tax credits and child tax credits. its just a joke
Alot of what people are commenting or complaining about is of which parent did the wrong in the relaionship that caused them to split or of slating all men or women as being the same…..GROW UP!!!! 2 people sleep together unprotected….you have a baby! The moment you know that child is yours, you pay for it! My son is SUPPOSED to be entitled to 15% of his fathers wages from when i went to them 18 months ago, so far, the father has quit his job after only 2 REDUCED payments and since then has started another job but REDUCED his hours to earn only £23 a WEEK with NO BENEFITS when descovered where he works. My son has recieved less than £500 in 4 and a half years. Those 2 payments went directly into my sons OWN bank account for his savings. So far, it has been ME supporting my son, buying his clothes, toys and childcare. I have been working so I dont claim benefits and making all the sacrifices in every way to give him what he needs. Meanwhile, his FATHER can go around CLAIMING that he is financially supporting him, CLAIMING the CSA was taking ALL of his wages, and he can afford to do drive, go football matches, fishing, pub and holidays….all on £23 a week! with ZERO payments to my son! At the end of the day, it does not matter which parent earns more, what they get from the goverment, or who did wrong in the relationship…..THE CHILD IS OWED AND DESERVES THE 15%!!!!! if i chose to use that 15%….i have a right to, I go without for my son, he doesnt!!! but i want my son to have savings that i dont. Dont claim everyone who goes through the CSA as money grabbing mothers who want to ruin the fathers lives and take all their wages…..if they cant support them financially or emotionally…..STOP BREEDING!!!!!!